Tim McGraw — Starting Late with a $20 Guitar, Selling 100M+ Records, and 30+ Years of Creative Longevity (#852)

Interview with Tim McGraw on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!

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February 4, 2026

Tim McGraw — Starting Late with a $20 Guitar, Selling 100M+ Records, and 30+ Years of Creative Longevity (#852)

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Tim McGraw (@thetimmcgraw) is a Grammy Award-winning entertainer, author, and actor who has sold more than 106 million records worldwide, with 49 number-one singles and 19 number-one albums.

He is one of the most-played country artists since his debut in 1992. He’s been named Nielsen BDS Radio’s Most Played Artist of the Decade for all music genres and also had the Most Played Song of the Decade for all music genres.

Tim has four New York Times bestselling books and has acted for both film and television, including the movies Friday Night Lights and The Blind Side and Paramount Network’s Yellowstone. He recently starred alongside his wife Faith Hill and Sam Elliott in Yellowstone’s prequel—the three-time-Emmy-nominated 1883.

You can find tickets for his upcoming Pawn Shop Guitar Tour at TimMcGraw.com.

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Connect with Tim McGraw

**Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok | YouTube**

Upcoming Tour

• Tim McGraw Unveils 2026 Pawn Shop Guitar Tour

Books

• Books by Tim McGraw

• The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss

• Breakfast of Champions: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut

• Runnin’ Down a Dream: How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love by Bill Gurley

• Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Tim Ferriss

Films & TV Shows

• 1883

• American Bandstand

• A MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen

• The Blind Side

• Four Christmases

• Friday Night Lights

• Landman

• Sliding Doors

• Where the Action Is

• Yellowstone

Songs

• “Different” by Tim McGraw (New, available only on social media.)

• “Don’t Take the Girl” by Tim McGraw

• “Glory Days” by Bruce Springsteen

• “Humble and Kind” by Tim McGraw

• “I Don’t Want To Be There In The Morning When She Wakes Up And Finds Me Gone” by Tim McGraw

• “Indian Outlaw” by Tim McGraw

• “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw

• “Tougher Than the Rest” by Bruce Springsteen

Albums

• Graceland by Paul Simon

• Not a Moment Too Soon by Tim McGraw

• Pawn Shop Guitar by Tim McGraw (Upcoming)

Record Labels & Studios

• Allaire Studios

• Big Machine Records

• Curb Records

Places

• Nashville, Tennessee

• Start, Louisiana

Organizations, Institutions, & Companies

• Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

• CMA (Country Music Association) Awards

• CMT (Country Music Television)

• Cock of the Walk Restaurant

• Earth League International

• Fan Fair X

• Florida State College at Jacksonville

• Greyhound

• Po’boy Don’s

• Stanford University

• University of Louisiana at Monroe

• The University of Texas at Austin

People

• Tommy Barnes

• Max D. Barnes

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